Unfortunately, because of the new Twitter policies, there is no easy way to grad the Twitter stream from the conversation, but I did use brute force to capture my portion of it, and re-sort it in appropriate time order. You can find that below, for a quick overview of the highpoints. Meanwhile, the video is archived at C-Span for your viewing pleasure.

Watching The power of social media in #disasters http://is.gd/b5Jc9m Senate hearings #sememhill #smem
Hunh? “I’ve been able to visit Google and other social media companies” I suppose, broadly defined, Google might be in #socmed #smem
RT gilliatt Web Users Increasingly Rely on Social Media to Seek Help in a Disaster http://rdcrss.org/kaapNK #smem
New: #socmed gives lack of control, provides 2-way communication. Gov tends to force people to accommodate them, not the reverse #smem
Crowdsourcing, many people can find better solutions, especially in crisis. “We need to innovate faster than the speed of government.” #smem
Disaster survivors don’t need pretty pictures. They need easy access to core information via mobile & smart phones. #smem Phones as sensors
RT ARCNorthCountry @CraigatFEMA We are using #SMEM right now for flood response! We in the #SMEM community owe so much to your forward thinking! -@zborst
“The public is a resource, not a liaibility.” @craigatfema “rather than making them fit our traditional models” #smem
“I actually do my own tweets.” says @CraigAtFEMA, “and I don’t tweet about me, I tweet about things I think are interesting.” #smem
LOL! @craigatfema is explaining hashtags in simple language for the uninitiated #smem
RT @TheFireTracker2 Craig talking about #SMEM community in testimony #smemhill http://www.sm4em.org
[Q: Did they have this stuff during Katrina?] Answer: Yes. I remember doc whose cell phone died while he was locked in Superdome, couldn’t recharge battery #smem @craigatfema
RT kc5fm http://www.leighfazzina.com/2010/07/28/twitter-leads-rescue-efforts-fazzina-bike-crash/ is a USA example. #SMEM #smemhill
RT @YatPundit the first crowdsourced discussion should be how to make senators and congresscritters listen to the innovations #smem
@YatPundit That is the whole point of these Senate hearings. So incredibly delighted this is happening! Hope @FDA is watching #smem
RT joelepalmer @craigatfema – in discussions to add cell phone charging capability to phone banks for survivors of disasters #smem #smemhill
Computer crashed so I am playing catch up with #smem tweets.
RT CyberlandGal @CraigatFEMA says will approve good, bad & ugly comments on FEMA pages & respond 2 some, not all. Only remove offensive 1s #smem #smemhill
Next panel: Renee Preslar, @sdefrancis from @RedCross, Shona Brown of @Google, Heather Blanchard @CrisisCommons #smem
RT kc5fm Next up @rpreslar from #Arkansas #SMEM http://twitter.com/AR_Emergencies #smemhill
OMG, the National Weather Service was not on social media at that time, so Arkansas did it for them. #smem
RT sdefrancis My #Senate testimony today will highlight how social media communities are helping @redcross in disasters #smemhill #smem
There were 2.3 million retweets of @RedCross text donation requests, 42% under the age of 24. #smem
Did anyone else lose audio? #smem
RT dgcoem Where can we find the @RedCross survey on social media results online? #SMEM
Repeat: here are twitter handles for current panel @rpreslar @sdefrancis @poplifegirl (Cd not find Shona Brown) #smem
RT Russd3 RT @fema May 5 – For more on social media in emergency management (#smem), check out this blog post http://go.usa.gov/bAJ #smemhill
RT CyberlandGal @poplifegirl says tons of online volunteers can help responders make sense of the diluge of info & make better decisions #smem #smemhill
“Revise current community management doctrine to include … #socmed” @poplifegirl DON’T BLOCK at workplace #smem
“We were also dismayed 2 find agencies have policies blocking workforce fr using #socmed tools 4 operational purposes.” @poplifegirl #smem
RT CyberlandGal @poplifegirl says if gov is not using #socialmedia in crisis risk missing critical info in operational picture #smem #smemhill
#socmed “it doesn’t come in in a nice easy-to read format” says @sdefrancis #smem
“One person staff, with crisis volunteers” @poplifegirl “We need to be able to work with the companies (that provide social media)” #smem
RT wharman RT @ajturner: “Social Media is becoming part of our operational DNA” – Suzy DeFrancis from American Red Cross #smemhill
BINGO! “When there isn’t a crisis, what kind of data can we gather ahead of time to be able to respond quickly?” Shona Brown in #smem Q&A
Also need to engage with #socmed leaders with large followings to have process / commitment to support / push msg in crisis #smem
“Is there a point where it’s too much info?” #smem “During a crisis, the river (of #socmed) is overflowing. Who’s creating the filters?”
Day to day, folk say don’t turn on geoloc for personal privacy, but in crisis need geoloc turned on. Uh, conflict? #smem
RT CyberlandGal @poplifegirl says no such thing as info. overload, only filter failure. Need filters based on data standards 2 fulfill needs #smem #smemhill
~90% of people in Haiti have cell phones. Gave money to people through their cell phones in tent communities. says @sdefrancis #smem
The Alabama Crowdmap http://alabamastorm.crowdmap.com/ #smem
Relationships for collaboration need to be built BEFORE crisis hits. #smem
#SMEM need to be tech early adopters and emergency managers! Be careful not to tie #smem to one particular technology because it’s moving…
“How can we make the (crisis crowd) response smarter?” @poplifegirl #smem Advance planning & standards, she says.
Great question about how to make critical information DISCOVERABLE in disasters #smem Librarians should be involved in this.
RT digiphile http://oreil.ly/9VRguV RT @ajturner geotagged social media & data can provide realtime, on the ground situational info. @poplifegirl #smem
I know abt the standardized structure 4 emergency tweets, but wish was made more overt> People Finder standard http://zesty.ca/pfif/ #smem
“What is the easiest way for (people who need help) to reach us? That’s what we want to use.” @sdefrancis at #smem
RT @noeldickover: How did google person finder get propogated? 1 way- #crisiscommons had a team of folks contacting everyone to switch #smem
RT NEMA_DC This river keeps running! @poplifegirl “River of information can run into a map that can provide critical info to em management” #smemhill
Crisis #socmed needs diversified staff so not limited to “when I am awake” says @poplifegirl #smem
“We don’t have any food / water!” “Well, yes they did, they just didn’t know where to find it. #SocMed let us find them” @sdefrancis #smem
RT bryanenberg By the time a press release hits the air it is already old news. Social Media is real time and needs real time management #SMEM
“If something is trending on Twitter, within 24 hours it is on CNN” @sdefrancis #smem
“Does #socmed cost money?” Umm, well, depends. Doesn’t have to, but definitely could, to be done right, be most effective @poplifegirl #smem
Great point! Need research on how to determine effective message structure. @poplifegirl #smem
RT CyberlandGal IMP. 2 AVOID INFO VOID ==> @rpreslar says #socialmedia allows info. 2 get 2 public in 15 minutes. Before it took 1 to 2 hrs. #smem #smemhill
RT DevonAlderton After 9/11 it took days before some WTC companies verified some survivors’ whereabouts. With planning, #smem could do in a day. Mentioned?
“Before / during / after these events” Important recognition of temporal context, all of those. #smem
What about how to ensure free perpetual access to these soc med resources for the public? And archives? #smem
“It’s not the tool, the data behind it, and the people behind the data.” < @poplifegirl GREAT!!!
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/cap/v1.2/CAP-v1.2-os.html | http://is.gd/8cisnX #smem
Toolkits! Yes! Not that they aren’t there, but allow flexibility in guidelines is critical. @poplifegirl #smem
I am sitting at my desk, and started to applaud, then realized this was not the right place and no one around me knows abt the #smem event
RT DisasterManSC RT @NEMA_DC @poplifegirl: #smem isnt just the tool, it’s the data. And not just the data, but the people behind it. Can’t just have 1 leader
RT BrianHumphrey If you watched #smem #smemhill http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/DisasterC – you witnessed a turning point in #gov20